The Analysis of Beauty Written with a View of Fixing the Fluctuating Ideas of Taste; Rules for Drawing Caricatures: With an Essay on Comic Painting

William Hogarth; Francis Grose

Published by Samuel Bagster, London, 1810

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William Hogarth's theories of visual beauty, together with Francis Grose's essay on comic painting. Bound in are two large beautifully engraved plates. Comprising two works in one: William Hogarth's Analysis of Beauty and Francis Grose's Essay on Comic Painting.Bound in later paper covered boards, with spine label. Renewed endpapers. Bound with the original half title.Undated, dated from the imprints to folding plates and institutional copies held of the work.With an engraved portrait frontispiece of Francis Grose, title page vignette, four plates (bound with, as issued) and two bound-in large folding plates. The folding plates were issued originally as a separate portfolio and are rare to find with this edition.Collated, complete.18th century artist and writer William Hogarth describes his theories concerning visual beauty and grace, implementing six principles that independently affect it. Notably, he talks of the theory of the Line of Beauty; an S-shaped curved line that evoked liveliness and movement.Francis Grose, an English antiquary and lexicographer, was the first to affirm in his Rules for drawing caricaturas: with an essay on comic painting,that aesthetic emotions emerge from a specific "cultural" environment, and that aesthetics are formed by their cultural context. Bound in later paper covered boards, with spine label. Externally, very smart, with minor rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright, with occasional scattered spots. Slight toning to the folding plates. Very Good Indeed.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Analysis of Beauty Written with a View of Fixing the Fluctuating Ideas of Taste; Rules for Drawing Caricatures: With an Essay on Comic Painting
• Publisher: Samuel Bagster, London
• Publication Date: 1810
• Binding: Hardback
• Illustrator: Not Stated
• Condition: Very Good Indeed
• Book Type: book